Socio-demography and medical history as predictors of health-related quality of life of breast cancer survivors

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1479-1485

  Ramadas, Amutha ^a   Qureshi, Ahmad Munir ^a   Dominic, Nisha Angela ^a   Botross, Nevein Philip ^a   Riad, Amgad ^b   Thirunavuk Arasoo, Valliammai Jayanthi ^a   Elangovan, Soman ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Health related quality of life; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANAMNESIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84926164275     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.4.1479     Document Type: Article

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